2020 Fantasy WTA Mexican Open: Seeds skittled on opening day
THERE was chaos across the Mexican Open with three of the four seeds playing on day one already out of the tournament. With every player in the draw outside the top 100, it made for tight contests in most regards with five of the eight matches going the full distance. Of the three upsets, Russian […]
2020 WTA Mexican Open fantasy preview: Chinese talents lead way for Mexican title
AS the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Draft Central is extending the fantasy tennis coverage throughout the ATP and WTA seasons to simulate tournaments and see just how they might have gone down. We will use ELO scores to determine each match result, and the top 300 players in particular will be in focus, with rankings changing […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Spain and Germany tick off first challenges
SPAIN and Germany are through to what is now effectively quarter finals in the 2020 Draft Central Fed Cup Fantasy Tennis competition. The two nations overcame Slovakia and Switzerland to hand those opponents their second loss of the group stage and ensure they could not qualify for the semi-finals. With all eight sides to face […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Russia and Belarus set up virtual elimination finals with top seeds
IN day three of our Fed Cup fantasy tennis simulation, Russia and Belarus have survived to knock out host nation Hungary, and the damaging Belgium from the Fed Cup title race. It also set up virtual elimination finals with last year’s finalists, France and Australia in the final group matches to be played on Friday. […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Czech Republic to face United States in final
THE two combatants for the 2020 Fed Cup Fantasy Tennis competition have been decided with Czech Republic and the United States winning through to the final. While both matches against their respective opponents in Russia and Australia were in sweeps, they had to fight hard for the most part in what was an entertaining semi-finals […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Kenin saves match points to send US into semis
IN what was otherwise a relatively one-sided day, Sofia Kenin‘s comeback in a replay of the Australian Open final proved to be the highlight on day six of the Fed Cup fantasy tennis competition. United States advanced through to the semi-finals to take on Australia, while Czech Republic moved through to set up a date […]
21st Century talents: WTA Tour
WITH so much going on in the world and much focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, it is worth taking a step back and remembering that the future of international sport will return, and when it does, there will be plenty of talented youngsters ready to make their mark. On the WTA Tour alone there are […]
ATP/WTA Tour nation analysis: Luxembourg
WITH all the ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournaments on hiatus for the time being, Draft Central will take a look at various nations across the globe and analyse how the top players from that nation are performing. Our next nation is Luxembourg. Top ATP player: Nil. — Top WTA player: Mandy Minella Rank: 147 […]
ATP/WTA Tour nation analysis: Cyprus
WITH all the ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournaments on hiatus for the time being, Draft Central will take a look at various nations across the globe and analyse how the top players from that nation are performing. Our next nation is Cyprus. Top ATP player: Petros Chrysochos Rank: 418 (as of March 16, 2020) […]
ATP/WTA Tour nation analysis: Algeria
WITH all the ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournaments on hiatus for the time being, Draft Central will take a look at various nations across the globe and analyse how the top players from that nation are performing. Our next nation is Algeria. Top ATP player: Mohamed Nazim Makhlouf Rank: 1224 (as of March 16, […]
